GPS application (was: Request for help: Would like community applications to show anddiscuss at LinuxWorld)

[Yorick Moko]

my apologies for the spam,
i didn't read the wiki good enough, the fix is there

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Yorick Moko <yorickmoko at gmail.com> wrote:
> start-up solved:
> [Desktop Entry]
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Name=Navit
> TryExec=navit
> GenericName=Navit
> Comment=GPS Navigation
> Exec=navit
> Icon=diversity-nav
> Terminal=false
> Type=Application
> Categories=Network;GPS;
> StartupNotify=true
> SingleInstance=true
>
> solved it
>
> but the destination screen crashes
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Yorick Moko <yorickmoko at gmail.com> wrote:
>> that page seems very out-dated...
>> I modified the desktop file and it still won't start, what am I doing wrong?
>> the file looks like this:
>>
>> Encoding=UTF-8
>> Name=Navit
>> TryExec=navit
>> GenericName=Navit
>> Comment=GPS Navigation
>> Exec=navit
>> Icon=diversity-nav
>> Terminal=false
>> Type=Application
>> Categories=GPS;
>> StartupNotify=false
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>> Also I could not find any info about the known workaround for crashing
>> when opening the destination screen
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Tilman Baumann <tilman at baumann.name> wrote:
>>> arne anka wrote:
>>>>> Navit works supprisingly well.
>>>>> Very well with 'stolen/misused' Map&Route maps.
>>>>
>>>> got wherefrom, ie what kind of maps work with it?
>>> http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Main_Page#Maps
>>>
>>>>> But i have to say, the navit build for openmoko is in bad condition.
>>>>> (easy to fix)
>>>>
>>>> care to elaborate?
>>> The version from Alessandro (ipkg tree linked on his wiki site) is very
>>> old, has no .desktop file and icon and crashes when you open the
>>> destination screen (known workaround).
>>>
>>> Details here
>>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Navit
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